Welcome to the first of many articles on how to grow your construction business that we will be sharing with you in the weeks ahead. As we shared last week, we will be sending our video blog with best practices for contractors to help you grow your construction business. We believe that if we can help companies create the right habits within their sales process, then we are doing our job in helping the industry become more successful. So let's begin the conversation of what we believe is the first step to building a successful construction sales organization that is sustainable and will last.
The first step is deciding if you're going to be a transaction focused company or a company built on forming long-lasting relationships.
The reason why this is important is because if you don't define who you are, anything that comes your way then you'll just "bid it". This isn't always a great place to be because you'll bid it just to bid it because someone said it was an exciting job.
If you're going to be transaction focused, you're going to bid just about anything. The reason why this isn't always a great place to be is because the price will always be the determining factor in the decision. If you are going to be in that market, then you've got to be a really low-cost producer and you'll typically be working on lower margins.
If you're going to be on the relationship side of the business, this is where you're negotiating jobs. You have to have built a reputation and have earned the right to negotiate with a client.
So ask yourself, what direction are you going? Who are we?
The reason is because you can't be all things to everybody. The most important thing you should do is decide who you are, you're better off to pick what you're going to go after and get focused and become great at it.
For example, going after commercial work and residential work is difficult with the same set of staff. These are really 2 different business models and need to be treated like to different businesses altogether.
So ask yourself, are you a transaction focused company or a relationship-focused company?
Next week we are posting an article to continue this series: "The Critical Decision You Must Make About Sales and Estimating" so stay tuned!
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Sarah Callaghan is headlining this show, check out her impressive Bio! Canadian David Tsonos will be on board as well, for another great evening of comedy!
Sarah Callaghan is an award-winning comedian and writer who has taken the comedy scene by storm with her frank and fearless style.
The instant she steps on stage you know you're in the presence of someone new and special ★★★★★ The Mirror
Armed with bags of attitude, she's a refreshing working-class comedy voice…reminiscent of a young Kathy Burke ★★★★ The Herald
In 2014 she was named as 'One to Watch' by Time Out and in 2015 she took her critically-acclaimed debut hour show Elephant to the Edinburgh Fringe. A confessional exploration of escape and ambition, Elephant played to packed houses and received great reviews across the board. She also appeared on E4's Virtually Famous as a guest on Seann Walsh's team.
A powerhouse. She's an utter natural on stage… radiates confidence★★★★ Chortle
In 2016 Sarah was a guest on @elevenish (ITV2) and she returned to the Fringe with her eagerly-awaited follow-up, 24, which she once again took on to Australia for a second run of shows in the Sydney and Perth comedy festivals in 2017. Sarah returned to Edinburgh this year with her new show, The Pigeon Dying Under the Bush, and continues to take the live circuit by storm.
Fiercely impressive and quite stunning ★★★★ Scotsman
Magnificent performance. An absolute natural, Callaghan is definitely one to catch – Fest
Callaghan oozes confidence. This supremely talented comic is ready for the next step. ★★★★ Broadway Baby
• Malcolm Hardee 'Act Most Likely To Make A Million Quid' 2015: Nominated
• Up The Creek One to Watch 2013: Winner
• Leicester Square New Act Competition 2013: Finalist
• Funny Women 2011: Finalist
David Tsonos
If you want serious comedy David Tsonos is not your man. His comedy stems from being the youngest of five boys, babysitting his nephews and his cat. He has appeared at the Vancouver Comedy Festival and can be heard on Satellite radio. Whether it's a Bar gig, a Comedy Club or a Corporate function David makes them laugh until they can laugh no more. (Well maybe a little more.)
David has been touring Canada since 1999, from one end to the other several times, and now doing shows in the USA and the U.K. When not touring David has acted in commercials and TV shows. He also has found time to Write and Direct his own independent films.
Contrary to popular belief, he is neither Greek nor Jon Lovitz, but will gladly act like either if the price is right.
Make sure you get your tickets in advance !
Doors open at 6:30 pm, come early and enjoy some great food and spectacular Gin & Tonics!
Online tickets : 17€
On the door : 20€
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TCMH keeping eye on bottom line
by Houston Herald Staff July 26th, 2013 October 16th, 2020
Amid a sea change in medical reimbursement, TCMH is closing its Summersville clinic and halting plans to add urge care in its emergency room.
The Texas County Memorial Hospital board of trustees received a detailed list showing utilization of healthcare services at last week's monthly meeting. The list specifically highlighted services in the new construction such as the medical surgical census and emergency room visits as well as number of diagnostic services such as ultrasound and mammography.
"We are in the very early stages of using our new construction," Wes Murray, chief executive officer at TCMH, told board members. "But we hope to see a good positive move."
Emergency room visits were up for June in comparison to May. TCMH moved in to the new emergency department in mid-May. Diagnostic procedures for June were slightly higher than the previous month, too.
Linda Pamperien, chief financial officer at TCMH, reported that the first monthly depreciation expense of $70,645 for the new construction and equipment was included in the June financials.
Inpatient and outpatient revenues were down for June, and TCMH ended the month with a negative bottom line of $192,052. The year-to-date bottom line is also negative at $572,065.
Murray explained that TCMH addressed the continual monthly losses associated with the TCMH Summersville Community Clinic by announcing its closure, effective Aug. 29.
"Dr. Diana Koenig has agreed to see patients two days a week at the TCMH Medical Complex in Houston," Murray said, explaining that personnel at the clinic have found other employment inside and outside the hospital system as well.
"We will be out from under the clinic's significant monthly loss at the end of next month," Murray said.
Murray also spent one day this month connecting with employees at "Employee Round Table" events — forums open to all employees where hospital finances were discussed.
"We had strong participation and good discussion at each Employee Round Table meeting," Murray said. "The employees were in agreement to do whatever it takes to move the hospital through this time."
Murray explained that while ancillary services like the Medivan non-emergency transportation are scrutinized, it continues to operate while outside funding sources are sought.
Additionally, both Missouri state representatives –– Rep. Robert Ross, R-Yukon, and Sen. Mike Cunningham, R-Rogersville –– have been by TCMH talking with Murray about Medicaid expansion. Jason Smith, the newly elected U.S. congressman for Missouri's 8th district, has also visited TCMH.
"Our state representatives have been talking with all of the area hospitals," Murray said.
Murray pointed out that hospitals across the nation are facing financial woes.
"It's not just the rural hospitals that are affected," Murray said. He noted that hospitals like TCMH with higher numbers of uninsured and Medicare and Medicaid patients have been "hit harder."
Dr. John Duff, Cox Health representative, explained that Cox is facing flat revenue forecasts with increased expenses in the upcoming budget year.
"This is the most dismal financial picture we've seen," Duff said.
Bottom line consciousness has led Murray and Dr. Jeff Kerr, TCMH emergency department medical director, to put on hold plans of adding a fast track or urgent care tract to the emergency department during weekend peak times.
"Since moving into the new ER, we've had several peak times in the middle of the week," Murray said, explaining that the fast track/urgent care plan they were working toward was only going to be in place during certain times.
"Dr. Kerr and I agree that while a fast track or urgent care is our goal, it's too early to take on that expense," Murray said. "We don't want to set that new service up to fail."
For now, the emergency department will continue to track peak times and patient numbers and put a plan in place to better utilize staff on hand and available space in the new department during any peak times when the department is very busy.
Murray also reported to board members that the TCMH Healthcare Foundation should eclipse its $3.2 million "Care for Your Future" capital campaign goal with the addition of $250,000 in tax credits with dollar for dollar matching from the Missouri Development Finance Board.
The foundation will have two years to raise $250,000 in state tax credits that will be matched by the state, totaling $500,000 when all the tax credit funds are raised.
"We are very happy to be able to take advantage of this state program to vault us over and past our goal for the project," Murray said.
According to Murray, the tax credits are available now and will be used on a firstcome, first-serve basis.
Currently, the TCMH Healthcare Foundation has raised $2.9 million toward the goal for building a tornado safe room and new surgery department.
Work on the area that will be the tornado safe room has begun with the removal of asbestos from old areas of construction.
"The company removing the asbestos is finding less than we thought was there," Murray said, "and they are doing a great and professional job for us."
The final plan and design is in place for the tornado safe room and surgery department, which must be complete by October 2014.
Renovation of vacated areas in the hospital is also ongoing.
"Demolition inside the areas set for renovation is nearly complete," Murray said, adding that there have been "no major hiccups."
"The contractors have found a few support issues to address, and they will begin building back new walls next week," Murray said.
The renovation portion of the construction project is slated to be complete later this fall.
Present at the meeting were Murray; Pamperien; Duff; Doretta Todd-Willis, chief nursing officer; Dr. Schaun Flaim, chief of staff; Dr. Matthew Brown, vice chief of staff; Joleen Senter Durham, director of public relations; Dr. Charles Mueller; Ellen Willis, physical therapy department director; Regina Bodine, student; and board members Omanez Fockler, Janet Wiseman and Dr. Jim Perry, OD. Board members Mark Hampton and Russell Gaither were absent.
The next meeting of the TCMH board of trustees is noon Tuesday, Aug. 27, in the downstairs meeting room of the hospital.
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Just finished English Language commentary on this year's tournament on Talkshoe.
Yes, I know the tourney was 3 months ago, but I figured with a new board (I think this is the 4th time it's happened since 1999) and new topics, the time was right to advise all that BHR Wrestling .
Individual show descriptions have the links to the videos of the shows so you can simultaneously watch the action while listening to the commentary.
9 shows gets you through the whole thing. I thought it was a pretty entertaining tournament. I am a Ryoto Hama mark, so it was great to see him in action.
We'll be doing the same thing for the G1 Climax starting August 7th.
Very glad Death Valley Driver is back!
Maybe because I'm on my ipad, but is their a separate video to the matches & then I have to download the audio? Or is there a YouTube vid with your Merican commentary?
Glad you asked! Clarification is always a good thing!
It's a simulwatch. Get the audio commentary first, and then go to the youtube link in the show description. Play the audio commentary, which will give information as to where to start the show, so that the audio commentary will "synch up" with what you are watching.
I was inspired by DEAN and others who used to do this with phones and video tape.They'd all have a copy of the same tape, be on the phone, and then press play at the same time so they would all be watching the same thing at the same time. I did this for a lot of the 1980's sets (on both talkshoe and blogtalkradio) and for various other wrestling that I've found entertaining.
I am working on melding the commentary and the video into a single unit, and will advise when available.
Goodhelmet picked up the simulwatch and commentary ball for the AWA set (which pleases me to no end, and is also on talkshoe, here http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/userProfile.jsp?userId=2624991&cmd=userprof), and with any luck, I can return serve on the next 80's project as well.
I can't recommend this show highly enough. The Great Riki and Dan Ginnetty have forgotten more about Japanese pro wrestling than I know. They are highly knowledgable and entertaining. Those are the shows to watch!


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Penn National Gaming Buys theScore Media and Gaming
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In a momentous move, Penn National Gaming has announced its recent acquisition of Toronto-based theScore Media and Gaming Incorporated, a digital media and sports betting and technology company. The (approximately) $2-billion cash-and-stock deal was confirmed on Thursday 5th August 2021 in a quarterly investment call between Penn National and theScore. This union has been unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both Penn National and theScore and is currently expected to close within the first quarter of 2022.
"There's so much that theScore does that is so complimentary with what Penn and Barstool does," commented Jay Snowden, Penn national's CEO. "You put it all together, and there's so much synergy for the future in terms of revenue growth."
The Pennsylvania-based Penn National is one of the biggest casino and racetrack operators within the United States. The company's casino operations include 42 properties across 20 states and video gaming terminal operations with a focus on slot machine entertainment. Live sports betting is also available in states including Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Yet lately, Penn National has evolved from a manager of gaming and racing properties into a provider of online gaming, live racing, and sports betting entertainment.
Back in early 2020, Penn National acquired a substantial 36% stake in Barstool Sports, a leading digital sports, media, lifestyle, and entertainment company, for $163 million. Not long after, Barstool Sportsbook's official app was introduced in Illinois, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, providing bettors with exclusive daily odds boosts, lucrative welcome offers and promotions, and brand-new features designed to give users enhanced sports betting experiences.
Initially launching its first mobile sports media app back in 2007, theScore has subsequently become one of North America's most popular multi-sports news apps with approximately 4 to 5 million active users. Following the overturning of PASPA in May 2018, officially legalizing sports betting in the US, theScore became one of the first sports media organizations to launch a mobile sportsbook in the US in September 2019. TheScore Bet is a convenient mobile sports betting platform currently available in four states (Colorado, Indiana, Iowa and New Jersey). The handy theScore Bet app allows its users to bet from anywhere at any time.
John Levy, CEO of theScore, commented on Penn National's recent acquisition of theScore, "This agreement brings together two companies that share visions for how media and gaming meet, and we could not be more thrilled to join the Penn National family. I'm proud of our team and our accomplishments, and I believe the time is right to take the next steps and align with a company in Penn National with the resources and scale to accelerate our business."
As stated in the official press release, under the terms of the deal, theScore shareholders will obtain $17.00 in cash money and 0.2398 shares of Penn National common stock for each share in theScore. This indicates a total purchase consideration of $34.00, as per theScore share based on Penn National's five-day volume-weighted average trading price as of the 30th July 2021. With the completion of the contract, theScore and Penn National shareholders will hold roughly 7% and 93%, respectively, of the company's outstanding shares.
When asked about Penn National's procurement of theScore, Penn National's CEO Jay Snowden said, "We are thrilled to be acquiring TheScore, which is one of the most popular sports apps in all of North America. Its unique media platform and modern and state-of-the-art technology is a powerful complement to Barstool Sports."
He continued, "We are now uniquely positioned to effortlessly serve our customers with the most influential ecosystem of gaming, media and sports in North America, creating a community that doesn't currently exist. Our users will enjoy a unique mobile sports betting and casino platform with customized bets and enhanced in-gaming betting opportunities, along with highly engaging, personalized sports and entertainment content, and real-time scores and stats."
Advantages To The Acquisition
Penn National was initially drawn to theScore for its access to Canadian engineering and technology knowledge. This new partnership will therefore allow Penn National to more efficiently managing essential aspects of its technology stack, consequently leading to better control over its product development plans, reduced costs and valuable customer experience. Expenses currently being paid to third party service and technology providers can now be eliminated and handled in-house.
Penn National and theScore both boast unique features, and by combining their efforts and expertise, they will provide a one-of-a-kind partnership that will benefit all.
CNBC reported that shares of Score Media and Gaming (owner of theScore) massively increased on the morning of the 5th August 2021, as news of the acquisition spread nationwide. Shares were up a massive 60%, and Penn National even saw a growth of nearly 10% by midday.
TheScore's CEO Benjie Levy stated, "The combination of Penn National and theScore creates a first-of-its-kind integrated media and omni-channel gaming enterprise, which brings together highly engaging sports content, world-class technology, and unparalleled reach. With our accomplished team ready, this deal bolsters our ability to develop our already strong North American existence from our base in Canada and prepares us even further to capitalize on the massive upcoming betting opportunity in our home country."


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Vocal range is simply this- the range of notes (from lowest to highest) that a person can sing. A person's vocal range varies by individual and is impacted by several factors. A commonly presented range for congregational singing often accommodates the fact that both men and women will be present to sing, as well as children and adults. These are important factors, since they limit your vocal range significantly. Women's voices are typically able to sing much higher, and men's typically have the ability to sing much lower in a vocal range. Children can often sing higher than adults. All this is due to simple physiology, the size of the throat and voicebox of the person and their accumen in using it to sing notes.
What I would recommend is that you review your songs against this type of range as a guideline to see how much of your music is accessible for your local congregation to actually sing most of the time. Like any "guideline", sticking to it too strictly will remove some added flavor and interest in your music. If you never allow a song to be used in congregational worship that has any notes outside of this range, you will be ignoring a solid slice of very good songs. You may keep the "meat and potatoes" songs that help everyone engage, access and sing along, but you may be leaving out some "spice" that will help keep things interesting to your congregation. But if you vary too far or too often from this type of guideline, you risk loosing engagement of your congregation.
If you are in a well trained musical culture, perhaps you can expand the range a note or two on either end. For my personal guideline, I use a range that is from Bb to D when I lead worship. This is partly because I use mostly modern contemporary worship songs in my repertoire and many of the congregation have learned some these of songs by singing along to them on the radio, and the songs often have broader ranges than the simple praise and worship choruses of the 70's and 80's and 90's. Additionally, the groups I lead for are typically between teenage years to 60, and I very rarely have the opportunity to lead for older congregations who are primarily just 50+ in the age group. If I led groups of just 50+ age ranges I would adjust my vocal range down to the standard Middle C to Tenor C (at the highest).
Again, this is the place where you must use good judgment and take the input of your congregation. Yes, worship leaders, listen to your people. Not each and every suggestion will be applicable, but taken as a collective, you will find wisdom in talking to them about how accessible the music is for them as it is being sung. I typically never hear the young people say "that was too high", but I occasionally hear that from older people.
There are a plethura of other side notes and commentary that relate to this point of vocal range, including such things as song familiarity, male/female melody leading, harmonizing, and such. For those growing muses who would like some additional information on vocal ranges, I actually do recommend the WikiPedia page on this (here), since it is fairly accurate (unlike somethings on there) and helpful for folks needing more details . But remember, if your goal is engagement in singing during your praise and worship time you will help your congregation gain access by establishing a vocal range guideline to your song selection- a range that is comfortable to them. The key here is that you must return to the goal of preffering others above yourself. What can they sing, not what can you sing. Without making it a monotonous and letharigic exercise, find a way to occasionally spice your service with exceptions to your guideline, while still keeping every song accessible for the congregation.
Find your own way to reach into your local church by asking people you trust who do not have your musical/vocal abilities about their ability to join in. I occasionally ask my family about the singing with this in mind. Our family has a variety of range abilities. Two of my sons can sing well and have extended higher ranges, while one son has a limited range. My wife, likewise, has no musical training and limited vocal range. Like most people, all of them could expand their range with vocal exercises. But that is the point- like most people, they aren't musicians or singers, and they don't have time to spend on expanding that ability. So let's help them find a "home" in our worship and singing by giving them a repeteroire of songs that they can engage and access. My wife will often just stop singing, and start humming when she can't reach notes. My sons will sit down. Some times they will just mouth the words when it is too high or too low. Looking for congregational participation may help you see if your vocal range is actually working in your local church.
So what do you do if a song has notes out of the acceptable range you've established as a guideline?
Change Key– The first thing to try is to move the song key to see if that places most of the notes inside of the range. For example, us guitar playing worship leader guys might select a song in a key such as G that might be best sung in E, because the notes allow a range that fits within our guideline.
Leave it in – if the song has one or two notes that are out of the vocal range guideline, but they are sung only once in the song, you can probably get away with using the song and most people will not feel left out in the singing. If the song repeats those out-of-range notes many times, then you may have a problem. Use your judgment, based on others abilities, not yours. The goal here is not to show off your abilities as a worship leader and vocalist, but to engage your congregation by giving them access to the song.
Drop it out – Some songs are best used for performance, allowing people to listen and be inspired by it. But using those songs in congregational worship may have the effect of making them feel left out, or worse, that the leader is showboating their talents. If the song can't be accessed by most of the people in the time of worship and singing, why are you including it in your set list?
This article is intended to give you basic thoughts on vocal range, how it should be considered as a component for granting access to your local congregation, to help them engage in your singing and worship.
This kind of topic is often considered, and often discarded by many worship leaders and musicians because the musical abilities of those leading will almost certainly exceed the abilities of those being led. This is where the pastoral overseer of your worship minsitry must teach and lead the ministry into humility, helping them learn they are servants to the people, not performers for them to listen to (primarily).
I am sure there are many considerations and additional points that could be made in this regard. I encourage you to join the discussion and leave your thoughts and points here, so others can benefit from reading them as well.
This is the second part of a two-part article. You can read part one here.
Ask the expert – Is it OK to change keys to make my voice sound better?


Help: Turn-by-turn directions to alternate waypoint?
Several caches have alternate waypoints for parking/trailheads, especially if the cache is far from the road. On my phone (Note 3) I'm able to click and highlight these waypoints, and I can navigate to them using the "as the crow flies" navigation in the app, but when I click for turn-by-turn it opens my driving gps app with the coordinates of the cache. Really frustrating when I'm driving around staring at the side of the road for trails, only to realize that I'm just at the random road which was closest to the middle-of-the-woods cache, but not near the trail entrance. Anyone have a workaround for this? Thank you!
FWIW, I've used the ability to get driving directions to the parking waypoint in other apps (e.g., CacheSense). It is very useful.
If Groundspeak's app doesn't include this feature yet, then it should be added.
Do you recommend that app? I'm ready to switch to another one just for this feature (for a competitor on Android obviously). Thanks!
Do you recommend that app?
GCDroid offers a lot of navigation options, including support for Navigon for routing to a cache site or other waypoints. It also works well with HERE maps, which I now use on my android tablet as the default mapping app. Free. Offline. Voice navigation.
But for that matter I just tried installing the intro app, which also supports navigating to additional waypoints with HERE (among other options). So I am not sure where the problem occurred.


Please find below full instructions on how to sync your availability with Airbnb.
Calendar importing allows you to automatically keep your Airbnb calendar up to date from Anytime Booking using an iCalendar format.
Paste your calendar's URL in the Calendar address (URL) field – you can obtain this URL by going back to your Anytime Booking account and go to Setup, Unit and iCal Calendars. You can grab the URL to paste in from here.
As and when you take direct bookings or block off your Anytime calendar, it will take a few hours for those changes to be visible to guests viewing your listing on Airbnb.
Calendar exporting lets you view your Airbnb within your Anytime Booking account. It will display the customer name, Airbnb booking reference number, length of stay, telephone number and email address. The price is calculated by the rates setup within your Anytime account.
Copy and paste the Airbnb calendar link – go to Setup > Unit > iCal Calendar.


Lighting is the quarter of the crew that adds a whole new dimension to each performance. Our students take an act that may be a band, dancer, or singer and add much more than what meets the eye. Each show is precisely planned out months before set construction begins. Our lighting crew starts by designing a fixture plot, a 3 dimensional drawing of our auditorium. From there we place every lighting fixture we have in the proper location based on the fixture's features. After the entire plot is complete and planned out they take weeks to place each fixture in its place on the plot and wire the fixture, adding DMX and power so the fixture can be controlled by our High End Systems Hog 4 Console. At this point in the process most of the lighting crews charts, like a patch chart and power chart, are filled out completely and then the lighting programmer for that show begins their work.
Our lighting programmers for each show will sit down for hours taking all of the fixtures that are now fully operable and creating that aspect of the show that most people wouldn't normally see. The programmer or designer has to start by making sure the act is lit properly so that the person or people on stage look 3 dimensional. Back, top, and side light are added by our conventional fixtures in order to get the effect. Our designers will bring in intelligent fixtures to give the act more than just light. Using each fixture the designers have the capability of setting the tone for the performance based on which color, temperature, intensity, speed, and movement the designer can really bring the act to life.


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Mr. Nelson Law became Chairman of the board following his appointment as Chief Executive Officer. He has over ten years' experience in the corporate banking sector, his specialisms are in organisation and method, having been involved in corporate restructuring in several industries including garment production, IT, construction, agricultural and minerals trading.
Mr. Law is the Individual non-Executive Director of Man Shun Group (Holdings) Limited (HKSE1746), a company listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
He is also the board member of two companies which is listed on the Growth Enterprise Market of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, including the non-Executive Director of Wealth Glory Holdings Limited (HKSE8269) and the Individual non-Executive Director of K Group Holdings Limited (HKSE8475).
In Mr. Law's capacity as an associate director of JP Advisory Limited, Mr. Law works with corporate clients in reviewing investment opportunities, assists them in transaction due diligence and deal negotiation, including that of internet based businesses that utilises social media and/or online advertising revenue models.
Mr Mark Bernard Battles was appointed as Non-Executive Director on 21 February 2019. He has extensive experience working with UK listed companies in both executive and non-executive roles. He has particular experience working with turnaround situations in high growth sectors such as digital marketing and media, telecoms and financial services. He is the former CFO of London's largest digital agency in the 90s, 'Pres.co' from 1997 to 1999 which was successfully sold for £16 million.
Mr Battles has also worked extensively with private companies offering corporate finance, consultancy and fund raising advice across a broad range of sectors. He is has a strong network of contacts among the professional advisory and investment communities and has been involved with a number of IPOs, trade exits and capital raising rounds.
Mr. Geoffrey Griggs was appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director on 10 June 2019.
Mr. Griggs, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment and of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, has extensive experience of UK Plc's and of advising digital marketing and branding companies. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of HML Holdings Plc ("HML"), a property services company listed on AIM. He was heavily involved in HML's flotation process and during his time at the company the business has developed considerably. His responsibilities include being Chairman of the remuneration and audit committees. Mr. Griggs also serves as a Director of LTC Holdings Plc, an unquoted Plc with around £9m of net assets and approximately 700 shareholders.
He originally qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG and then moved to Spicer and Pegler (subsequently taken over by Deloitte) where he became Director of Finance. He then moved to a firm of specialist financial advisors which at the time of joining was an associated company of Morgan Grenfell and Deutsche Bank. He has since worked as an Executive and Non-Executive Director in a wide range of companies.
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Q: sharedpreferences in phonegap Ian trying to use shared preferences in phoneGap
I installed the shared preferences plugin and used the api documented in this link
http://phonegap-plugins.com/plugins/edelworksgithub/sharedpreferences
but it doesn't work or alert !!
function login()
{
    var mail = document.getElementById("exampleInputEmail1").value;
    var password = document.getElementById("exampleInputPassword1").value;
    var encrypted = CryptoJS.AES.encrypt(password, "Secret Passphrase");

    sharedpreferences.getSharedPreferences(credentials, MODE_PRIVATE , alert("Success"),alert("fail") ) ;
    sharedpreferences.putString("mail", mail, successHandler, alert("error"));
    sharedpreferences.putString("pass", encrypted, successHandler, alert("error"));
    var pass_enc = sharedpreferences.getString("pass", successHandler, errorHandler);
    var decrypted = CryptoJS.AES.decrypt(pass_enc, "Secret Passphrase");
    var dec  = decrypted.toString(CryptoJS.enc.Utf8);
    alert(dec);
}

A: Try this:
    function login()
    {
      var mail = document.getElementById("exampleInputEmail1").value;
      var password = document.getElementById("exampleInputPassword1").value;
      var encrypted = CryptoJS.AES.encrypt(password, "Secret Passphrase");

      localStorage.setItem("mail", mail);
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2018 is almost over, and I must say it has been a whirlwind. Pretty and Pinned has grown so much this year, and we are so grateful for the THIRTY SEVEN amazing women who trusted us with their wedding day services.
It has been such a pleasure getting to know these ladies and hearing their stories. We wish you ALL the happiest of lives.
If we provided services for your wedding, and you are not pictures above, we would LOVE to have some photos from your wedding! You can e-mail them to us, along with who your photographer was!
And we have had the pleasure of participating in numerous ones this year!
We get to meet and work with so many amazing vendors. Here are some of my favorite photos!
This year has been a great, big year for Pretty and Pinned, and I would not have made it without my AMAZING team. These ladies have been such a strong support for me and this company.
Sending THE MOST gratitude to this pretty lady right here. Abigail, I am so glad to have you by my side as this business grows. We have grown so much together and I am so happy to call you a friend and partner.
You are an incredible makeup artist, and an even more incredible human!
I don't have pictures of all of you, but I freakin love you all and appreciate you so much.
I would not have made it through this year without every one of you.
with 20 weddings currently on our schedule!
We cannot wait to get to know you ladies, and see where the new year takes us!
Engaged? Thinking about booking Pretty and Pinned for your hair and makeup services? Contact us! We would love to meet you!
We had the opportunity to work with some absolutely incredible vendors recently for a beautiful styled shoot! Check out our list of vendors below to learn more about each vendor.
High ceilings and amazing lighting made for stunning shoot at 1208 Washington. This place was the perfect backdrop for our elegant shoot. The classic black and white goes perfectly with different colors.
I'm obsessed with all of the flatlays and detail shots and that cake from Rosie Girl Bakery!
These two were such stunning models.
I just love how everything came together for this gorgeous shoot. From the cake to florals, everything was flawless. All of the vendors did an amazing job!
If you loved these photos of hair and makeup, contact us today. Whether it be a wedding or just a special date or event, let us know if we can be of service to help you get that perfect look.
It was such a pleasure to be a part of Abbie and Cody's special day! Everything was so beautiful, and The Millstone at Adams Pond was the perfect backdrop. Alisha, with Amazing Moment Weddings pulled everything together so flawlessly, from florals to setting and coordination.
Abbie was SUCH a stunning bride, and her gown from Elegant Bridals was just so flattering on her.
Every time I see these dessert photos, I just drool. This is what dreams are made of.
Can't you just see the love these two have for each other?
Thank you so much to We Are One, for sharing this beautiful photo gallery with us! To see some of our own work, please visit Pretty and Pinned's Gallery.
Hello Everyone! If you are reading this, I just want to say THANK YOU!
I am a caffeine addict, only able to start the day once a big mug of coffee is in my hand. When I'm not elbow-deep in hair color, I can be found covered in kitties.
I feel like my house was just made to be decorated for Halloween!
...or watching Netflix with my handsome hubs.
I'm a full-time stylist and co-owner of Vivid! Color Cut Style. I've been doing hair full-time since I graduated from Paul Mitchell the School Columbia in 2013, but I started doing hair for weddings in 2012 as a student and fell in love with it.
Because doing hair for weddings holds such a special place in my heart, I wanted to create a business centered around wedding parties. So, in April of 2017, Pretty and Pinned was born.
I have always loved styling hair, and I have always loved weddings. It just made sense that styling hair for brides and bridal parties would be something I loved. For years I booked wedding parties that were people I knew, or ladies who were clients of mine at the salon. I did pretty well that way, but always wanted more! So I started thinking about creating a business that I could market directly to the wedding industry.
Pretty and Pinned was born out of the passion that I have for making people feel beautiful and special.
Kayla is the lovely owner of Pretty and Pinned and co-owner of Vivid! Color Cut Style. She is amazing at all things hair and has a passion for helping women feel beautiful, especially on their special day. This blog will cover hair, makeup, wedding tips, different wedding vendors and more.


A local charter school bus driver was arrested last week for allegedly sexually abusing at least three children he drove to school.
Jose Luis Garza, 59, of Mission, was arraigned Monday on one count of sexually abusing a child under 14. He was previously arraigned May 11 on two counts of the same charge, a first degree felony carrying a sentence of up to life in prison if convicted.
His bond has been set at a combined $320,000 and he remains in the custody of Hidalgo County jail.
Garza was employed at IDEA North Mission and was terminated on April 23, according to IDEA Public Schools.
His termination came three days after the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office met with "a complainant" who said "several students made an outcry against their bus driver … of touching them while riding on the school bus," according to the criminal complaints tied to charges.
In one case, Garza is accused of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl with his fingers at least twice between January 2017 and May of this year. In two other cases, he is accused of doing the same to an 8-year-old girl between February and May of this year and with a 5-year-old girl from August 2017 to this month.
More charges may be pending, as a criminal complaint noted that there were six alleged victims ranging in age from 5 to 9 years old.
Garza's attorney, Sergio J. Sanchez, did not return a call requesting comment.
The sheriff's office, which arrested Garza on these charges, said it would issue a news release Tuesday with more information on the case.
This story was updated to clarify that Jose Luis Garza was an employee at IDEA North Mission and that he was terminated on April 23. Garza's attorney is Sergio J. Sanchez.


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A FTSE 100 bargain for growth and dividend investors
Royston Wild | Saturday, 9th December, 2017 | More on: AHT GLE
In my opinion Ashtead Group (LSE: AHT) is a bargain-basement share that could make investors very rich in the years ahead.
The US economy is going from strength to strength, driving demand for the Footsie star's rental equipment. At Sunbelt — its Stateside division that sources more than nine-tenths of overall profit — sales boomed 15% during July-September.
And demand for Ashtead's services is likely to keep increasing as infrastructure spending across the globe clicks higher, whilst the company's insatiable appetite for bolt-on acquisitions should also keep trade rolling in.
Stateside star
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In the current year ending April 2018 the Footsie star is expected to generate a 16% bottom line improvement, and it is anticipated to follow this with an extra 12% rise in fiscal 2019.
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Those on the hunt for great growth and dividend shares for a small price should also give MJ Gleeson (LSE: GLE) a close look today.
The massive housing shortage in the UK means that firms across Britain's housebuilding sector continue to deliver brilliant profits growth, such is the clamour for new-build properties. And MJ Gleeson was the latest such business to underline the positive market backdrop earlier this week.
It advised that the "increasing number of sales outlets, combined with very strong customer demand in all regions, good mortgage availability and attractive levels of affordability means that the outlook for the division remains very positive."
The division has hiked the number of sales outlets to 58 from 50 at the same time last year, and it has plans for 70 by the middle of next year. A strong forward order book at the end of November, standing more than 30% higher year-on-year, underlines that the business is right to be optimistic.
Indeed, the number crunchers are expecting MJ Gleeson, which also has a knack of grinding out brilliant profits growth year after year, to throw out another 9% earnings rise in the year ending June 2018. And this estimate leaves it changing hands on a mere prospective P/E rating of 14.7 times.
The solid outlook for the housing market should also keep dividends growing at a healthy rate, too, and for this year a 26p per share payout is predicted, up from 24p last year and leaving a 3.5% yield.
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced new dates for its congresses.
The new date was disclosed in a statement by Bolaji Abdullahi,national publicity secretary of the party.
In the timetable earlier released, the party scheduled ward congresses for May 2; local government congresses, May 5; and state congresses, May 9, respectively.
The national convention was scheduled for May 14.
But Abdullahi had said some of the governors asked for a review of the timetable because of the Muslim fast which will commence in May.
"The observation was that the timetable as it is currently constituted or composed was determined because of the Ramadan and we want to be sensitive to the feelings of Muslims who will be fasting in the month of Ramadan," Abdullahi had said.
"Therefore, we try to avoid conducting any political activities in the month of Ramadan… We are aware that some governors have been making statements which we believe are giving the impression that we don't intend to hold congresses in particular states.
According to the new timetable the ward congresses will now hold May 5; LGA May 12; and state May 19. However, the dates still fall within the duration of the Muslim fast, which was the reason for the earlier shift.
Abdullahi, however, said the date for the national convention, rescheduled to hold in June, will be announced later.


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The Council of Churches of Malaysia (CCM) is an ecumenical fellowship of Churches and Christian organisations in Malaysia. It is one of the three constituent members of the Christian Federation of Malaysia.

It is affiliated with the Commission on World Mission and Evangelism of the World Council of Churches and a member of the Christian Conference of Asia. It also participates in the Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism as part of the Christian Federation of Malaysia.

History
In 1947, the Malayan Christian Council was mooted and officially inaugurated on 9 January 1948 under the leadership of John Leonard Wilson, the Anglican Bishop of Singapore, with Hobart Baumann Amstutz of the Methodist Church acting as General Secretary to promote Christian unity among the Churches and Christian organisations in Malaya and Singapore.

Despite the 1963 federation of the British Crown Colonies of Singapore, North Borneo, and Sarawak with the Federation of Malaya into the new nation of Malaysia, the Malayan Christian Council continued to function using the old name. In 1967, the Malayan Christian Council was renamed the Council of Churches of Malaysia and Singapore. In view of Malaysia and Singapore having separated and become independent sovereign nations, it was considered desirable to have separate Councils of Churches for each nation, therefore, the Council was divided into 2 national organisations; the current Council of Churches of Malaysia and the National Council of Churches of Singapore in 1975.

Basis and objectives

Basis
The Council is founded
 on a common belief that God has revealed His eternal purpose for mankind in His Son Jesus Christ, through the Holy Spirit. Its members accept the scriptures of Old and New Testaments as the supreme standard of faith and practice, and confess their common faith as expressed in the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds
 on the acceptance of the principal that the Church is in the Christian enterprise that the local congregation is basic to its life and witness, and that evangelism is its primary task
 as an association of Churches, and other Christian organisations, each believing that it is Christ's will that His Body, the Church should again be visibly one and each desiring to work towards this end
 as an association of co-operating members, each of which determines its own policy and action

Objectives
The objectives of the Council are
 to offer itself as an instrument or agency to the Churches in Malaysia whereby they can more and more do together everything except what irreconcilable differences of sincere conviction compel them to do separately
 to show forth among its members that Christian unity which is God's gift to His people in Jesus Christ, and by common prayer, study, consultation and action, promote the Church's mission in Malaysia and the World
 through common consultation and action to form Christian public opinion and bring it to bear on the moral, social, national and international problems of the day, particularly those affecting the life and welfare of the peoples of Malaysia
 to promote discussion and action among Churches in Malaysia towards Church union
 to provide an agency through which governments in Malaysia both federal and state, may consult with member-churches and organisations on matters of common concern to all member bodies of the Council
 to maintain fellowship with other Christian Councils or Council of Churches of other countries and with such ecumenical bodies as the Council may decide, and in particular to fulfil its obligations as an affiliated member of the World Council of Churches and the Christian Conference of Asia

Constituents

Member Churches

Associate Members

Affiliate Members

Leadership

Presidents

General Secretaries

See also
 Christianity in Malaysia
 Christianity in Singapore
 Ecumenism

External links
 Council of Churches of Malaysia
 Profile of CCM at the World Council of Churches website

Churches in Malaysia
Christianity in Singapore
Malaysia
Malaysia
Christian organizations established in 1948

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THE 36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN is widely considered to be one of the most influential kung fu movies of all time, and one of the best around. The story is an engaging one, taking us inside a Shaolin temple to see the makings of kung fu masters, and, in this case, a legend. We follow Liu Yude (played by Gordon Liu), a disillusioned student who grows tired of the brutal Manchu regime oppressing his village. After witnessing countless people murdered and tortured undeservedly, Liu decides he must travel to Shaolin to learn Kung Fu. The monks reluctantly allow him to stay, and, adopting the name of San Te, he begins his journey through the 35 chambers necessary to complete his training. Since its release in 1978, the film has been a favorite of many an action-film aficionado, including co-founder of Wu-Tang Clan (and ordained disciple of Shaolin), RZA.
RZA's unapologetic love of THE 36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN is nothing new; Wu-Tang's 1993 debut album, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), was named in part after the Shaw Brothers film. Further tribute to the movie and others in the action subgenre was presented through both the album's lyrics and samplings.
RZA, who frequented a grindhouse theater on 42nd Street in Staten Island and became a martial arts fan from an early age, has long been a subject matter expert on all things kung-fu. As a young black man growing up in America, he found common ground in THE 36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN's story of underdog villagers battling oppression from a brutal regime. THE 36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN and other Hong Kong martial arts films stuck with RZA throughout his life, eventually influencing the creation of the fantastical mythos that coalesced his 8-man crew into the Wu-Tang Clan. Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers dropped in 1993, achieving commercial and critical success, and going down as one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time.
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Anthony de Francisci's Peace Dollar was the result of a contest looking for a new dollar design. His unique rendition of Lady Liberty was based on the actual Statue of Liberty, resulting in a patriotic and familiar look. The eagle on the reverse clutches an olive branch in its talons, symbolizing peace and commemorating the peace seen after WWI.
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In Acts 1:8, Jesus promises the disciples that they will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon them. What have you learned this week about liberty and the power of the Holy Spirit?
I have learned this week how to truly walk in the power of the Holy Spirit. I need to be renewed daily and be continually filled with the Spirit. Knowing that the same power that raised Christ from the dead dwells in me gives me boldness and power to do what He is calling me to do. He is the one that goes with me, equips and enables me to live out a godly life. He has called me to be a witness for Him wherever and whatever I do, but I must daily choose to submit to the Spirit's leading in my life. And with the liberty that I have been given through Him I must press in not to use that liberty as an opportunity for the flesh but to walk in the Spirit.
This week has opened my perspective to the sensitivity of the Spirit, and how the Spirit speaks and guides me. It's so comforting knowing that the Lord continues to draw out my flaws and reassure me that my life was never mine to begin with. God's grace and being is where I find joy. And though this week has been hard, it has been ultimately rewarding.
I have liberty and the freedom to live this life the way I want to and God has given me a choice. The same power that raised Jesus from the dead now is in me He is not just this ghost that I picture in my head. The Holy Spirit is a person, He guides me and directs me and helps me to discern right from wrong. He is powerful and He can do so much in my life if I am obedient to His direction. Jesus gave me His Spirit as He is now away from me for a time but He will return soon with trumpet sound and I have the Spirit to comfort me as I wait for the bridegroom.
This week I've learned that there is joy in not relying on my own strength (Zechariah 4:6b). So often I become weary and frustrated because I'm trying to do God's will in my own strength and instead find myself struggling. Philippians 2:13 says, "For it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure." It is God who works in me to change me (Philippians 1:6). It's not my striving or outward behavior adjustments that will change me but His Word and Holy Spirit. I can trust Him with whatever He walks me through to make me like Jesus. He is the One who even gives me the desire to please Him. And on my part, knowing that I am not longer under judgement and have His Spirit in me, why then would I choose to walk in the old ways and trust my own strength?
Because of Christ's sacrifice, I have received the Holy Spirit. I have that same power that crushed the enemy and overcame death. Nothing is impossible under God's will. With the Holy Spirit residing in me, I am no longer limited but limitless. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me and I am confident.
This week I learned that to be filled with the Holy Spirit isn't just a one time experience, it's an ongoing daily sense that God is working in my life. To continually be dependable on the Spirit as it says in Zechariah 4:6, I noticed it this week in evangelizing and the boldness to share the gospel when I am fully dependant on the Spirit. Something that I realized deeply this week is that the Holy Spirit is my Helper that the Father sent for me to guide me and know that He is always with me.
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The Lord has been teaching me the importance of waiting upon Him and His Holy Spirit. He is showing me that the Holy Spirit is my comfort, He is my strength and He gives me power to do the work of the ministry. Each day I have the choice to walk in my flesh or the Spirit, and there is freedom that comes from laying my life down.
The Holy Spirit is a power unlike any other. Knowing that He's in me, I feel a sense of confidence when faced with any trial or tribulation. I lose all fear but the fear of God. I conquer all things in Jesus' name. Because with Him, I am unstoppable. I love going through the book of Acts and seeing how the same Spirit that's in me is the same Spirit that started the first church.


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Germán Suárez Flamerich (n. 10 aprilie 1907, Caracas, Venezuela - d. 24 iunie 1990, Caracas, Venezuela) a fost un om politic, președintele Venezuelei în perioada 27 noiembrie 1950-2 decembrie 1952 și ministru de externe în perioada 1949-1950.

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Do I Need the Hepatitis A and B Vaccines?
Hepatitis A and hepatitis B are two types of hepatitis. (The others are types C, D, and E.) You get them from a viral infection.
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Reddit acquires video sharing app Dubsmash
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Reddit announced today that it has acquired short-form video sharing app Dubsmash. The deal's financial terms were not disclosed. While Dubsmash will retain its platform and brand, Reddit will integrate Dubsmarsh's video creation tools into its platform to empower Reddit users to "express themselves in original and authentic ways."
TikTok-rival Dubsmash has raised $20.2 million from investors including Sunstone Life, Lowercase Capital, and Index Ventures.
we are so excited to announce that we'll be joining forces with Reddit! ty to all our dubsmashers for being a part of this incredible journey. we're so honored to join a company whose focus is also building thriving communities. <3 https://t.co/o6FKD045xt
— Dubsmash (@dubsmash) December 14, 2020
Reddit said in a statement that Redditors have posted millions of videos since the first launch of native video on the platform in 2017. The number of videos posted on Reddit has increased by 2x in 2020.
"Both Reddit and Dubsmash share a deep rooted respect for how communities come together," said Steve Huffman, CEO, Reddit. "Dubsmash elevates under-represented creators, while Reddit fosters a sense of community and belonging across thousands of different topics and passions. It's clear that our missions closely align and that our community-focused platforms can coexist and grow as we learn from each other."
Unlike TikTok, Dubsmash is known for its large communities of Black and Latinx creators. "Dubsmash's communities are driven by young, diverse creators—about 25 percent of all Black teens in the U.S. are on Dubsmash, and females represent 70 percent of users. About 30 percent of users log in every day to create video content, indicating a high level of retention and engagement, and Dubsmash enables more than one billion video views per month, demonstrating the strength of its communities."
Dubsmash's entire team including the three co-founders, Suchit Dash, Jonas Drüppel, and Tim Specht will join the Reddit team.
"In our years of building Dubsmash, we've learned how video can spark creativity, unlock interactions, and deepen connections within communities" said Suchit Dash, Head of Dubsmash. "We want to continue our journey to bring best in class video products to our users, and now Reddit users. We believe in the idea of connecting creators around interests and topics, something Reddit has pioneered, in our growing Dubsmash community."
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Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Ad Valorem Tax
Bio: Trustee: Garland Independent School District, 1983-1998; Texas Association of School Boards, 1992-1998. Member, University Interscholastic League State Executive Committee, 1996-1999. Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation; State Bar of Texas. (Resident, Garland Office)
Admitted: 1977, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court
College: East Texas State University, now Texas A& M University, B.A., 1968
Law School: Southern Methodist University, J.D., 1977
Membership: Plano and Collin County Bar Associations.
Lawyer Sydna H. Gordon, graduated from East Texas State University, now Texas A& M University, B.A., 1968 Southern Methodist University, J.D., 1977, is now employed by Gay, McCall, Isaacks, Gordon, & Roberts, P.C. at 777 East 15th Street Plano, TX 75074.
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12) Finally call vmware-config.pl. You will get a long list of compile warnings - but at the end the VMware server installation terminates successully. You now can start VMware serve and run VMware images.


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Head Coach David Wagner explained that his side weren't at its best as Southampton made it two wins in a row at the John Smith's Stadium.
Wagner felt the first-half performance was sub-par, and having found themselves 2-0 down at the interval, the Boss said that the group performed uncharacteristically nervous on the offensive end.
The Terriers did rally briefly in the latter period to pull a goal back through Philip Billing, but it would prove to be only a consolation.
Jonathan Hogg missed the clash with the Hampshire outfit, and an update was given on his and the overall condition of the squad.
"The first-half was not good. For the first time in a long time we looked nervous in ball possession and did not perform. The second-half was better. Everyone was lively after the goal.
"We passed too many times backwards when we had the opportunity to go forward. We were not brave enough.
"Hopefully Jonathan Hogg (knee) is back next week. Losing four midfielders together is not easy, but we have belief in every squad player. That is why they are at the football club."


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Live at Wembley or Live at Wembley Stadium may refer to:

 Live at Wembley (Meat Loaf album), 1987
 Live at Wembley (Beyoncé Knowles album), 2004
 Live at Wembley (Bad Company album), 2011
 Live at Wembley (Alter Bridge DVD), 2012
 Live at Wembley (Bring Me the Horizon album), 2015
 Live at Wembley (Babymetal album), 2016
 Live at Wembley '86, a 1992 album by Queen
 Live at Wembley '78, a 1998 album by Electric Light Orchestra
 Live at Wembley July 16, 1988, a 2012 DVD by Michael Jackson
 Live at Wembley Arena, a 2014 album by ABBA
 Live at Wembley Stadium (Spice Girls DVD), 1998
 Live at Wembley Stadium (Genesis DVD), 2003
 Live at Wembley Stadium (Foo Fighters DVD), 2008

See also
 Live from Wembley (disambiguation)


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Who is there that will offer to Allah a good gift so He will double it for him, and he shall have an excellent reward.
Because he possesses wealth and sons.


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Bunyan / Pino Logger instance ready to use

Bunyan is really great for debugging purposes but Pino is crazily fast.

Thinking about that this package was created to use Bunyan whenever the
LOG_LEVEL environmental variable is set to ```debug``` or ```trace```;

## INSTALL

    npm install em-loger --save

## Config

Logr will use [bunyan][1] if the **LOG_LEVEL** environmental variable has the values *trace* or *debug*
and it will also enable the **src** option of bunyan automatically, which displays the filename along
side with the line number on each log message.

Using **LOG_LEVEL** environmental variable with the values *info*, *warn* or *trace* will load
[pinojs][2] which is faster and has a very similar api.

## USAGE
```javascript
    const logr = require('em-logr');

    logr.trace('My trace message');
    logr.debug('My debug message');
    logr.info('My info message');
    logr.warn('My warn message')
    logr.error('My error message');
```
Child loggers
```javascript
    const
      _1stChildLogr = require('em-logr').child({name:'1stChild'}),
      _2ndChildLogr = require('em-logr').child({name:'2ndChild'});

    _1stChildLogr.info("The remote is mine, I am the first born child");
    _2ndChildLogr.info("The remote is mine, Mom likes me better");
    _1stChildLogr.warn("Get out of here or I'll hit you in the face!");
    _2ndChildLogr.info("Do not touch me or I'll tell mom to know about  secret.");
    _1stChildLogr.error("I did' see that coming!");
```

[1]: https://github.com/trentm/node-bunyan
[2]: https://github.com/pinojs/pino


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A portable router that conceals your Internet traffic
Def Con presentation unveils OPSEC tool for the rest of us—some assembly required.
Sean Gallagher - Aug 14, 2014 12:25 am UTC
Ryan Lackey (left) holds up a prototype PORTAL travel router during his Def Con presentation with Marc Rogers (right).
with 35 posters participating, including story author
The news over the past few years has been spattered with cases of Internet anonymity being stripped away, despite (or because) of the use of privacy tools. Tor, the anonymizing "darknet" service, has especially been in the crosshairs—and even some of its most paranoid users have made a significant operational security (OPSEC) faux pas or two. Hector "Sabu" Monsegur, for example, forgot to turn Tor on just once before using IRC, and that was all it took to de-anonymize him. (It also didn't help that he used a stolen credit card to buy car parts sent to his home address.)
If hard-core hacktivists trip up on OPSEC, how are the rest of us supposed to keep ourselves hidden from prying eyes? At Def Con, Ryan Lackey of CloudFlare and Marc Rogers of Lookout took to the stage (short their collaborator, the security researcher known as "the grugq," who could not attend due to unspecified travel difficulties) to discuss common OPSEC fails and ways to avoid them. They also discussed their collaboration on a set of tools that promises to make OPSEC easy—or at least easier—for everyone.
Called Personal Onion Router To Assure Liberty (PORTAL), the project is a pre-built software image for an inexpensive pocket-sized "travel router" to automatically protect its owner's Internet traffic. Portal provides always-on Tor routing, as well as "pluggable" transports for Tor that can hide the service's traffic signature from some deep packet inspection systems.
Counter-surveillance for everyone
There are plenty of reasons why an average person should care about OPSEC today, Lackey explained in his introduction to the session. "We're not really talking about people hiding while doing lots of bad stuff," he said. "There are a lot of reasons why you'd want to hide. Especially post-Snowden. Part of it is to avoid global dragnets—you want to make sure if someone is monitoring everything, you don't want to get caught up in that."
Monitoring also could result in profiling based on "somebody living next door to you making a phone call," Lackey added, "which because of the way the software works could end up flagging or profiling you… but it's also just an issue of 'none of your damned business.'"
Even encrypted connections provide metadata about an individual's activities, as do patterns in an individual's Internet traffic—which Ars found when we monitored the Internet traffic of NPR's Steve Henn. But there's a great deal of traffic that remains unencrypted, as Rogers noted during the presentation.
"Before the Snowden leaks, about one percent of Internet traffic was SSL protected," he said. "Now it's about three percent."
The tools in PORTAL aren't rocket science, Rogers told the Def Con audience. "The difference is that we're packaging [tools] together and showing you how you can use these tools so you don't have to think about it, and you can avoid the problems caused by human error."
Virtual private networks provide some privacy, Lackey and Rogers said, but they don't provide real anonymity—some VPN providers (particularly those in the US) keep logs of traffic, and they don't provide end-to-end protection. Tor protects traffic for much of the trip—at least until they reach the exit node used to access the website or Internet service being requested. But Tor has hazards as well—in its basic form, it alerts those doing the monitoring that Tor is being used and can result in the user being targeted or blocked.
While there are other Tor-based tools to help protect anonymity, such as the Tor Browser bundle and the TAILS "live" CD and USB-bootable operating system, these are prone to accidental errors—like not waiting for Tor to be ready for traffic or simple misconfiguration. TAILS is restrictive, because it isolates the user within a Linux environment without access to local storage—not a great option for people who want to work with the operating system and software they use for their work.
"TAILS is a great project and piece of software, but it makes security assumptions about hardware which are probably not true today," Lackey told Ars in an email interview after Def Con.
Privacy in your pocket
That's where the "travel router" comes in. Lackey said that a customized, secure router that allows people to just connect with their existing device over Ethernet or Wi-Fi is the "sweet spot" for maintaining anonymity. It isolates encryption and obfuscation from the user's computer and eliminates the risk of the user forgetting to turn protection on. "The big advantage of something like PORTAL is being able to isolate failures to a dedicated outboard device and with a conceptually simple UI/UX," Lackey told Ars. "It's a physical device, and when it's present and connected in line, traffic must pass through it. It never has your sensitive information on it."
There are other low-cost routers available for privacy, such as the PogoPlug Safeplug. But Safeplug only offers basic Tor protection—making it impractical for use in countries such as China, where Internet surveillance systems watch for and shut down Tor traffic. The same goes for Onion Pi, a Raspberry Pi-based Tor appliance.
Portal includes the full capabilities of Tor—including pluggable transports for Tor, which can conceal Tor traffic from many of the network monitoring tools that look for patterns in packet data. There is an ever-expanding collection of pluggable transports, including:
Bananaphone, which turns Tor traffic into "natural language" streams of words.
Obfs4 and Scramblesuit, which obfuscate Tor by encrypting everything in Tor Transport Layer Security packets, eliminating the plaintext headers that identify the traffic.
Flashproxy, which wraps Tor traffic in WebSocket format, disguises it with an XOR cipher, and bounces it through short-lived JavaScript proxies running in other computers' browsers.
Format-Transforming Encryption (FTE), which encodes Tor traffic to look like another protocol, such as SSH—avoiding detection by "regular expression" network filtering.
Meek, which disguises Tor as ordinary web traffic sent to Google, then forwards it through a third-party server.
The main drawback of PORTAL is that it currently isn't a hardware product—it's a Github download that must be "flashed" onto a TP-Link compatible pocket router. "The whole build process, management, etc. wasn't available at Def Con," Lackey said. "Turning this into a tool directly usable by end users, or at least "power users" or sysadmins responsible for a group of users, is important, and something we're working on. Watch this space. Being able to flash your own devices is great, but for [more than] 95 percent of users today, they don't even want to do that much (nor should they be expected to!), so we're working on a solution."
Sean Gallagher Sean is Ars Technica's IT and National Security Editor. A former Navy officer, systems administrator, and network systems integrator with 20 years of IT journalism experience, he lives and works in Baltimore, Maryland.
Email sean.gallagher@arstechnica.com // Twitter @thepacketrat